Monday, August 2, 2010

Reference points and the four phases of the toup.

Finding common frames of reference is crucial in the field of toupology in that it enables the numerous scientists at the William Shatner School of Toupological Studies to measure and contrast changes in William Shatner's toupee against a fixed point. Which brings us to Bill Shatner's gold uniform from the original Star Trek series - or close approximations thereof - as a way to highlight the "four phases of the toupee" which, incidentally, closely mirror the concept of the classical elementsEarth, Water, Air and Fire - though not necessarily in chronological order, or at all...

Then, we have an early "TJ Curly" (1976-2000) - though still in a state of transitional flux - from an appearance in 1976 on the game show Hollywood Squares:

Flash forward an entire decade and we have a true "TJ Curly" (likely still "Phase I") from Bill Shatner's infamous 1986 appearance on Saturday Night Live in which the actor donned a very close approximation of his original Star Trek costume.

The whole sketch can be viewed here:

Finally, the closest costume match we could find for the "Denny Crane" look era (2000-present day) - we're increasingly inclined to believe it's another hair system--a toup!--rather than plugs - is something called William Shatner's Spplat Attack. In this 2002 show, Bill Shatner dons a Star Trek-esque costume - but, probably at Paramount Pictures' insistence, the actor wears red so as to not be too closely identified with thefranchise.

And that's how one simple Star Trek costume can prove so useful to the field of toupology! See here for some interesting retro-Kirk toup outliers.

Burt Reynolds, like Shatner, had a hair transplant and has had the Denny Crane look up top for quite a while. http://photos.exposay.com/Burt_Reynolds/burt_reynolds_ETnCg.jpg and http://www.lahiguera.net/cinemania/actores/burt_reynolds/fotos/1646/burt_reynolds.jpg

No, no, no. Reynolds wears a wig. A transplant only moves the remaining hair around, it can't create a full hairline. Shatner is now wearing a pretty good system that admits to his age and doesn't attempt to make him look 30, but it is a wig nevertheless.

Reynolds doesn't wear a wig, at least not regularly anymore. "Actually Burt Reynolds does not wear a wig/rug anymore..he was showing off his transplants on a T.V. interview appx 1 year ago..clearly stating how he loved having his own hair re-distributed/transplanted..He actually was pulling his hair..In what I saw it was a very nice result." There are quotes by Reynolds himself on the web where he admitted getting the transplant done.http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/154395-celebrity-hair-transplants-who-where-all-other-hairy-gossip.html

These systems are good enough to tug on. Believe me, Reynolds hasn't that density and the toup line is glaringly obvious. As Reynolds told Maxim magazine, “I wear wigs once in a while. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. It’s all a joke really. I always say, ‘If you can get it off my head before I kick all the air out of your body, let’s do that. One good thing, no matter how old I get, is that people say, ‘He’s crazy; he’ll kick you.’ I have that reputation, so I just stick with it.”

But if you can't see that there's a toupe sitting on Burt Reynold's head in that image - are you seriously suggesting that's his hair- then I can suggest is that you google a little more and you'll see the truth of Reynold's own statement. He has more wigs than most people have shoes.

It's it great? The whole world is arguing over the economy, politics, global warming and sports. Not here. My wife thought I was up late looking at porn or in some chat room. No honey, I'm making a very important comment about Shat's toupee!

You're asking for something which is virtually impossible - to prove from a photograph that an individual is wearing a wig. This whole site is based on that and hasn't been able to reach a conclusion about Shatner.

However, there is proof for Reynolds including most importantly HIS OWN WORDS that he wears a wig.

So which is more likely? That he wears a wig, from his words and from all the many images over the years in which he shows a peculiar variety of hair styles and colours, with different extents of hair "growth"?

Or that in the one picture you provide, we are seeking his natural and rather luxuriant hair?

I rest my case. Unless you happen to either be Burt Reynolds (you are anonymous after all) or know him personally to ask, that's the best either of us can do.

I already said that he wears a wig in my previous post. Can you read? I said show the proof in the picture that was referenced. Not ones in which he is wearing an obvious rug. In the picture that was referenced. In which he just got out of rehab and would not likely be wearing a rug in that context. Got it?

"Our readers are right in pointing out the enormous danger potential in any contact with a toupee as phantastically advanced as this, but I must point out that the possibilities, the potential for knowledge and advancement is equally great!

"Risk! Risk is our business! That's what the William Shatner School of Toupological Studies is all about! That's why we're aboard her!"

The original speech can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiFEzc_gsuw

"And while in my lifetime I've seen science make extraordinary inroads into solving the most complex questions of life, after all this time I admit that I am thrilled that there are some things that forever will remain a mystery. For example, do I wear a toupee?"

"May I say that this is the most delightful blog I have discovered in many a moon. It's informative without being cruel, and there's genuine affection for Mr. Shatner. Well done." - A reader's kind comment.

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